Sunday, March 01, 2015

The Sixth When When Contest is ON!! - Entry Deadline Extended!

I am happy to announce the Sixth When When Contest will is ON for 2015.

The When When Contest is not an annual event because there isn't always snow on the ground on March 1st. The first When When Contest was held in 2008. The contest was held in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2014.

This is the view outside the front of our new house in the town of ----, about four miles away from our other place. We had two full winter's worth of snow in just over a month. The piles of snow on either side of our driveway are both taller than Mom (60"). We have more snow on the ground now than we have ever had in any previous When When Contest.

The big question is.... "When will the snow MELT?" That's what I want to know.

When will it be ALL GONE?

Would
you like to guess? I am having a contest. The cat, woofie or bun who
guesses the date when there is NO MORE SNOW when Mom looks out this
window will get a prize. The prize will be treats, and bragging rights!
(Occasionally evil little chocolates have been known to appear in prize
packages, but Mom is making no promises.)

Every morning Mom will get up and take a picture of this same view and post it on my blog. On the day she wakes up and THERE IS NO SNOW ANYWHERE IN THE PICTURE will be THEDAY. If you guess the EXACT
day, you will get a prize. If NOBODY guesses the EXACT DAY, the cat
who guessed the day CLOSEST TO the day, but not AFTER the day, will get
the prize.

Here are the rules:
1. Each cat, woofie or bun gets ONE GUESS EACH. (Our friend Megan from
Sydney Australia can enter even if she isn't a cat, but she's the only
hooman who is eligible.)
2. Guesses must be in the comments of THIS POST.
3. Deadline is Midnight Wednesday March 4Friday March 6, 2015. (So when it isn't Friday anywhere in the world, the voting will be over.)
4.
You have to have a blog, or leave some way for us to get in touch with
you, so we have to know who you are. If you have a blog, you're good
to go. (We don't do Facebook.)
5. You can enter no matter where you live. Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada... all are welcome to enter.
6. It's my blog, so if I wanna change the rules, I can.

Now for some useful information.
1. We face true East. South is to the right.
2. Sun melts the snow.
3. Rain melts it faster.
4. The average high temperature for March in New Hampster is 44F
5. The average low temperature for March in New Hampster is 18F
6.
Winter isn't over, either. We have had big snowstorms at the end of
February, and in March. It snows in April, too. So, guess accordingly.
7.
*****The contest ends when there is NO SNOW on the ground in the
picture. If it snows the next day, oh well, that's New England weather
for you!*****
8. When the contest is closed, Mom will post a big list of all the entries
and dates in my sidebar, so everybody will know who guessed what date.
It is your responsibility to check that your name is there, and that
your guess is correct. It's usually a big list, and adding the names
gets complicated, so if your name is missing, let me know right away.

So put on your thinking caps, leave a guesstimate, spread the news, tell
your furriends, and check back every day to see if you are the winner!

Good luck!

**updated March 7, 2015: The deadline to enter the contest has passed. Entries are now closed.

Our crowd doesn't do well with this, either, but we're voting April 8th. When it starts to melt, it usually goes pretty quick!! Thanks from Bogart, Gracie, Ron, Patrick and Watson.... in Iowa with much less snow!

Hi Millie. Casper & I couldn't agree on a date, so we played rock, paper, scissors. I won so our pick is May 4th, 2016, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Mom says, "Simontacchi, that's plain mean." He he he he, heh!

Wow dat's a lot of snow. Weez a little confused by how da entwy purrocess goes, so me Dezi will say dat it will all be gone May 5ff. And I Lexi will say minez Meowday April 29ff is da day it'll awl beez gawn.

Hi Millie! What a pretty kitty you are! I came over from a link sent by Zoolarty!So here I sit in NC! We still have snow on our ground from last Thursady...and we even had a 50 degree day over the weekend. and our temps are not as cold as NH!Soooooo my guess on when your snow is all gone isApril 27th...because that is my dad's birthday!HugsMadi

Yay...It's time for our favorite contest of all year! We're sorry you have so much snow, but we LOVE your When-When Contest! We love your new kitty condo and want our Mommy to get us one! Stay warm, Millie!

Oh dear, we'd go for not until next year (like 2016!) but that's purrably not acceptable so guess we will pick a May day ... like as in May 30. Don't think anyone else picked that. But of course we hope you still don't have snow then, but with so much snow ... who knows!Yeah, May 30 ... might still be a pile or two here or there!

We've clubbed together and would love to go for 10th May which we don't think anyone else has gone for. Its a lot of snow though and we are thinking you might need some red cross parcels if it doesn't clear soon.

About Me

They tell me I'm an internet celebrity. I dunno what that is, but I was a feral kitten when I got hit by a car and Malcolm rescued me. Then lotsa people helped him and the doctors fix me up. Now I live in New England with my Mom, Lynne. I am an only cat. I’m 10 years old, and I'm a black and white kitty. I can run and jump real fast. You’d never know I have a titanium rod in my right rear leg. I like to eat, play and sit at the window and watch what’s going on.